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matos thanks

Lena Levario – for her endless support and love, and for helping me to be a better man.

Anna Matos – for raising me to be a good man.

My bandmates John, Kent and Mark T. – for their creativity, dedication, honesty and for their Friendship, Love and Truth.

Jeff Gilbert – for his love and friendship.

All of the people that helped pull me up while I was growing up. But especially Jennifer Matos, The Komkov family and the Ray family.

Tom Blackburn and Johnny Ray. If I hadn’t started playing with these guys in 9th grade I wouldn’t be the Bass Player/Musician that I am today.

sonic biscuit

Music aficionados!

FST’s own Mark Murray has launched his own record label!

Why would he do this when the traditional record label is going the way of the dinosaur and sales of physical recordings is virtually gone? Well, you are going to have to check out his website to find out!

Also, for the sake of all things sacred, or to merely cement the fact that you are generally an all-around good person, please follow Sonic Biscuit on Twitter and like it on Facebook

the groove

This is not the background music of your lifestyle. It is not intended to be the soundtrack for your aerobics session. It was not optimized for competitive levels or playback through $5.00 earbuds. This album was created with our earliest music experiences in mind. We remember a time when we saved our meager earnings to go to the record store and purchase an album. We had to be very selective because we could only afford to buy one. We pored over the albums in the store and finally selected “the one” that would be our musical nectar for weeks/years to come. We would hurry home, remove the shrink wrap, carefully remove the album from it’s sleeve, place it on the turntable, gently lower the tone arm to the lead in groove, plop down in the sweet spot between the speakers and experience the sonic journey this very special piece of vinyl would take us on. It is our sincere hope that our work will do the same for you.

About THE BAND

About us:

Four Stories Tall is a collective endeavor comprised of core members Mark Matos, John Wilson, Kent Duren and Mark Murray. We assemble regularly for the purpose of making music, enjoying brotherly fellowship and indulging in the sampling of fine spirits. To call us a band in the traditional sense would be a misstatement. We prefer to think of ourselves as a drinking club with a bad music habit.

For the past several years we have focused our efforts into developing a creative process by which we can write, record and produce music. Our process is somewhat backwards of the traditional band approach of writing and rehearsing songs to prepare for live performance. Our approach allows us the freedom to capture ideas immediately, to manipulate arrangements on the fly and to throw away entire productions without regret.

Mission statement:

Our goal is to produce music that conveys imagery and story, is free from the boundaries of genre and is crafted to the highest standards of production quality within our means.

Albums

A WORD FROM OUR SPONSOR:

Would You Like Your Own T-Shirt Store?

No kidding around here. We build you a fully capable, secure ecommerce store, take the orders, accept the payments, print the shirts, and then ship them. Seriously. The only thing you have to do is go to your mailbox and get your check. Absolutely perfect for fundraisers.